Two smartphone thieves arrested

Police arrested two Morrocans (aged 30 and 44) on Thursday for stealing smartphones in clubs in and around Hongdae, and continued their search for the whereabouts of a third accomplice.

The phone thieves had arrived in Korea in March 20 with the intention of stealing phones, and had begun taking them from the pockets of unsuspecting club-goers while they danced and drank, the police said.

The trio had also gotten away with stealing phones from passersby by asking to borrow them.